STM

Rodgers to Villa would be my shout.

Leicester's issue is the cloud hanging over them. Sack Rodgers and they are safe as houses.

I'm not normally negative but I'd take 0-0 until the 70th minute, bring Alexander the Great on.

It's as legit a rumour as a rumour can be. Toonjam got Targett vs Brighton before anyone else.

Alot saying its a crazy start to the season but I feel like every season has a crazy start. There is always a couple of teams over achieve and under achieve in the first couple of weeks. It takes half a season for the league to start taking shape.

Defo CM needs to be priority now. Go and get Tielmans.

Playing for Man United is still a prestigious thing to have done. I know we can laugh and joke about their situation or say he might as well stay on our bench but if you were Newcastles number 2 and Man United came calling, of course it would be tempting to make a change. I'm sure there would be financial sweetners, as well as Europa League football and if De Gea gets injured, he's their number 1. From our point of view, we need to make sure that it's financially worth while.

Yeah but Isak on the bench might cheer you up.

Did you hear that Dronning annoying noise at the end of the game too? Oh sorry, was just Jurgen Klopps post match presser.

Aye, sounds like rain in the background or summit?

Yeah Bruno and Joelinton are key to everything.

Ah ok. Apologies. Yeah Howe keeps his cards close to his chest. Remember ASM against Brentford?

Page 8, August 13th Brighton Pre match thread.

Is he not?

Come on Brentford

Solly March is a classic of the genre.

Always better than the sum of their parts.

City will win this now. All over them with 25 minutes left.

An obligation of 7m or above would pretty much recoup our Pope fee and would be fair. Make them pay 10.

2 set pieces from Palace in fairness. Not been anything like our game

Should just sticky this

Palace

As is Bournemouths hope of staying in this league.

My reading of the situation is entirely different. Our scouting department has files on dozens of players, often different profiles; wingers, forwards, number 10s, players with potential, players with experience. Our recruitment team then spends time assessing the value of the player and making lower bids, seeing where the selling clubs value is. We've left things late, knowing that the market heats up, with clubs getting desperate due to their own needs. Isak was clearly a player we fancied earlier on but we weren't going to go in during June because values can be lowered. I suspect at some point in the last week, Ashworth and Co decided that it was MORE wasteful spending 30m on a player who might be decent, as opposed to 58m for someone we know is decent. Sometimes spending more money is spending less in the long run. Budgets have nothing to do with it. It's about value. We don't want to over pay on average players. In this scenario, we have paid the going rate for a top quality young striker.